If you are in Sydney do support them. They are doing good work AND keeping Carmens life view alive. And doing it very well. I also very much hope a branch in new Zealand opens soon.
Through decades of volunteer work for the LGBTI community and other disadvantaged groups, iconic entertainer Carmen Rupe demonstrated the power of human kindness as a force for social change. The Carmen Rupe Memorial Trust (CRMT) will honour that amazing legacy by mobilising transgender people and their friends to perform community and charity work in Carmen’s memory, hoping in the process to enhance the visibility of a community which still endures
SHE IS LEGEND, WHEN I GOT OBSESSED WITH ‘THE MUSIC MAN’ IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES FROM SEEING THE FILM I WENT AND FOUND THE ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING. AND BABS KICKED SHIRLEY JONES IN THE FLANGE. HER TONE, HER INTONATION, HER CLARITY JUST BLEW MY HEAD OFF. AND THEN I HEARD HER ‘CANDIDE’ AND WAS GONE. I AM HER BITCH FOREVER. AND THIS IS LOVELY, BUT STILL THINK FEW OF THESE FINE VOICES PAYING TRIBUTE HIT HER STANDARD.
Blues singer Etta James, who has been suffering from chronic leukemia, is terminally ill, her doctor said.
Dr. Elaine James, who is unrelated to the singer and has been living with her since March 2010, is now asking James’ fans to pray for her.
“I am Southern and Christian and would just ask for the prayers of her fans and friends,” Elaine James said, according to the Press-Enterprise.
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